Could the Esri International User Conference use a little more fish?
Posted 5 years ago
By Danielle Derrick in the SFU Blog
I can’t deny it, GIS has played a major role in both my studies and past jobs, but Esri was never on my radar as a place to explore for a future career because of where my academic background stems from. Let me provide you with some context. I’m an aspiring ecologist and conservation biologist, […]
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About Me
Posted 5 years ago
By Kendra Munn in the SFU Blog
Hi I’m Kendra and this is my second time as an ECCE student associate at SFU. My academic interests primarily revolve around GIScience, Environmental Science (the applied biology side of things), and how these two intersect to find solutions to spatially-based environmental problems. My current research focuses on how meaningful analyses can be carried out […]
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Esri UC 2019 under the lens of an SFU Geography Grad
Posted 5 years ago
By Alexander Smith in the SFU Blog
During July 8-12th 2019 I had the amazing opportunity to attend and present a paper at the 2019 Esri User Conference (Esri UC) in San Diego. At the Conference, I had the chance to meet some of the other 19,000 attendees from around the globe who make the Esri UC the largest GIS conference in […]
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My Experience as a Student Associate with the SFU ECCE
Posted 5 years ago
By Anthony Lee in the SFU Blog
In addition to writing about his experiences as an ECCE student associate below, Anthony Lee was also a member of the winning App Challenge team last year, and joined us along with his teammates at the Esri International User Conference in 2018. You can view their team profile and live app demo hosted from the […]
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Highlights at SFU: the SIS certificate program and the Esri Canada Higher Education GIS Scholarship
Posted 5 years ago
By Cam McCulloch in the SFU Blog
This is a guest post by Cam McCulloch, the 2019 recipient of the Esri Canada Higher Education GIS Scholarship at Simon Fraser University. It was during my initial co-op work term that I had heard of GIS for the first time. I was working for a company trying to predict where mosquito populations would be […]
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2019 Esri Developer Summit Experience
Posted 6 years ago
By Alysha van Duynhoven in the SFU Blog
This year I had the opportunity to attend the 2019 Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California with a fellow SFU ECCE Student Associate, Chris Yee. Attending a conference in the desert was a welcome change of scenery in contrast to the snow and cold weather we have been experiencing in Vancouver. This Developer Summit […]
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The Importance of Scale (A brief introduction)
Posted 6 years ago
By Danielle Derrick in the SFU Blog
When we look at life from the viewpoint of an ant, and then compare it to that of a soaring bald eagle, we come to the realization that they are quite markedly different from one another. What may seem like a mountain for an ant to climb is just a rock settling in between the […]
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mapit.space @ Esri User Conference 2018
Posted 6 years ago
By Alysha van Duynhoven in the SFU Blog
This is another guest post from Alysha van Duynhoven, who appeared recently in our blog describing her team’s experience in the App Challenge at SFU. As winners of the challenge her team (including Chris Yee and ECCE associate Anthony Lee) won a trip to the Esri User Conference in San Diego earlier this month. The […]
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ECCE App Challenge 2018 – goElectric by mapit.space
Posted 6 years ago
By Alysha van Duynhoven in the SFU Blog
This is a guest post from Alysha van Duynhoven, a member of this year’s winning App Challenge team mapit.space, giving us insight into their overall strategy and experience. You can see more detail about her team, including Anthony Lee and Chris Yee, along with a video demonstration and a live demo of their application from […]
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Meet the winners of the ECCE App Challenge 2018
Posted 6 years ago
By Michael Leahy in the SFU Blog
The ECCE App Challenge for 2018 has been another great success. This year, we had a total of 21 teams participate from ECCE schools across Canada (a new record for the annual competition). The teams participating in the challenge this year were all asked to create apps that addressed any problem of their choosing using […]
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